The organizers of a five-day technology expo coming to Orlando shared a few more details with the media Wednesday.
The conference, which will come to Orlando Oct. 2-6, will use several facilities across the city, including the new Dr. Phillps Center for...

SunRail's inaugural late-night train run carried about 100 passengers Monday, a fairly typical load for the commuter system.
There were no special events — other than holiday shopping and merry making — to bump ridership in downtown...

Veteran Orlando musician, radio host and social activist Joseph Martens recently has been dividing his time between Central Florida and Nashville, Tenn., so it was worth wondering whether he'd have time to organize his annual John Lennon Tribute....

The SunRail commuter train is adding another evening run starting next Monday in an effort to pick up holiday revelers, Orlando Magic fans and patrons of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center.
The new trips will leave about an hour later than the last...

Church Street memories
I enjoyed the front-page article "Bob Snow sees downtown rebirth again, at last" on Nov. 25, reminiscing with Snow about Church Street Station.
My husband and I moved to Casselberry in 1975 from up North. Over the next 20 years, we hosted continuous house guests from January to June, and always there was a trip to Church Street Station. We were there the night Time magazine was filming Snow. I can still picture him in his white suit, on stage, playing the trumpet with the...

Downtown Orlando's recent rebirth is exciting – and bittersweet -- for entrepreneur Bob Snow, who brought the area to life in the '70s with Church Street Station.
"It was singers and dancers and red hot girls and jugglers and bag pipe players, and about 25 buses on a Saturday night," Snow reminisces. "We had Col. [Joe] Kittinger out there with six airplanes, sky-writing, hot air balloons and airshows. We had it all."
It's a good time for Snow to get involved again. He sits on the board for the...

Moving cars and trucks swiftly is the main goal of the $2.3 billion overhaul of Interstate 4, but what motorists might notice more when they finally speed along on new pavement are some unusual, landmark touches added to the highway.
There will be a sleek, new suspension bridge for pedestrians arching over I-4 at Maitland, dozens of fountains in lakes and retention ponds near the road and lighted 70-foot-tall spires marking the way to four toll lanes that are the main component of the project expected...

A friend who rides a bicycle to work from his Church Street Station SunRail stop has noticed something lately: It's getting harder to find a space on the train for his bike.
Even as ridership has slipped in recent months, the number of bicycles on trains has held steady at about 200 bike boardings per day through September, according to SunRail stats.
The numbers are up in October, probably thanks to the glorious weather (222 daily bike boardings through Oct. 24). Remember, SunRail service started May...

The rhythm of the drums set the pace Thursday evening as thousands of Orlando City soccer fans spilled out from Church Street Station and walked west into Parramore.
The crowd marched toward the future home of the franchise, smoke bombs billowing as the name of their city — "Oh, oh, oh, Orlando," they sang — echoed along the city blocks.
The final destination was an open patch of grass and dirt at the corner of Church Street and Parramore Avenue, part of the site that will soon be...